Ramirez Martens, Brisehida "Brie "; Henry-Lester, Whitney (storyteller/facilitator). Discovery Green Park, 2009-12-15T16:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006059

Interview Description

Brisehida Ramirez Martens (36) is interviewed by facilitator Whitney Henry-Lester about being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico as a young child and her experience growing up in the United States and becoming a mother.

Facilitator Subject Log

:58 born in Monterrey Mexico in the "green cross "; things she remembers about childhood: grew up without a father, brother died in infancy

10:03 mother is a very proud person; coyote service; Winter 1981 came to Houston; Reagan Amnesty Program

16:46 children can be really cruel; third grade with Mrs. Gonzales; yearning to fit in; teacher asking for the definition of a word

26:45 looking for a sense of family but found a sense of jealousy from her cousins in Mexico

34:00 how are you similar or different than your mother? strength, passion, mother's lack of education and prejudices